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The Labor enquirer., 1887-10-15
FREE TRADE.
Shreds and Tatters Which Mr..
George Nay Patch
Together.
R. POVDERLY'S SPLAYITUDES
The Masses Believe IN the Light That
Is Shed BY the Lamp Of
Experience.

II Oh0u ~ tm0 Lamp Vi
Experience.
For the Enquirer.
The peculiarly Of the Socialists
is that they steadily refuse to be-
lieve that the seat of life is in
the breeches pocket. What we
are fighting is the money philos-
ophy of life; what we are intent
on is not the adoption of measures
to increase the volume of national
wealth, as the term generally is
understood, but the inculcation of
totally different idea of wealth.
We have indeed shown that by CO.
operation the wastes of the pres
ent system would be avoided and
production increased incalcuably.
We have sturdily asserted that
landlordism paralizes industry, and
for that among other reasons we
oppose it. We clearly understand
with Mr.. George that protective
tariffs are an impotent effort to.
undo the solidarity work of the
inventions of steam and electric
ity; but our objections to both
landlordism and protection are by
no means chiefly based upon the
grounds that he has taken.
| Mr.. Georges latest work, PRO
lection or Free Trade" has been
invaluable as completing the body
of his teachings and enabling
us to place him without fear
of injustice in the school to
which as thinker he properly
belongs. In fact he himself is
perfectly straightforward in the
matter; he has pointedly referred
to Bright and Golden, the typical
champions of the Manchester free
trade-laisses 1aiye-school, and has
asserted his conviction that Cob
den, himself would have eventual
ly advocated the transferring of
all the taxes to the land. The So
cialists of this country have been
supporting Mr.. George in their
anxiety to assist any movement
that might tend to shake the
power of landlordism, but they
most assuredly can have no inten-
tion of helping to build up Cob
den empire on its ruins. Upon
which head it may be instructive
to consider, apropos of DR.. Nc
Glynn's present attitude, that
while the ordinary English Social
ist has usually rested content
with clubbing Golden middle
class worthy" the Christian So
cialists, following the lead of
Charles Kingsly, have exhausted
themselves in denouncing him as
the author of the most atheistic,
anarchistic philosophy of life ever
evolved from the inner conscious
ness of a drummer-the truth-lov-
fing fraternity of which Mr.. Cob
den was for many years the shin
ing light. That the Christian
Socialists have arrived, in spite of
their theology, at just apprecia-
ton of what Cobdenism means, is
probably due to their good for
tune in having as their leader a
man who though nominally a
priest was in reality scientist.
The United Labor Party can
scarcely boast of such stroke Of
luck.
We have of late been gratified
with the intelligence that Mr..
Powderly- whose yearnings for
the intellectual life have of late
been pretty extensively advertis-
ed, and whose literary style has
eliced the admiration of Henry
George proposes to dive into the
free trade question and, having
The Labor enquirer., 1887-10-15
DENVER, COLORADO, OCTOBER IS, 1857
circulated among the Jews Of Lon
don. A correspondent Of the

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Commonysal has shortened it
somewhat and pade it into ten
paragraphs and suggest its being
printed as a leafet for circulation
among English speaking workers.
1t runs as follows:
I |. All able-bodied adults who
derive wealth from the labor of
Others, they themselves not work
ing, are plunderers.
II. Poverty will never cease
until all able-bodied adults be COM
PEELED to work according to their
strength, and receive oftheir labor
according to their needs.
III. The working-classes will
remain slaves as they are now, SO
long as one individual is suffered
to rule over others. and the few
are allowed to make laws for the
many.
w. War and all its conse-
quences will exist, and thousands
will be slaughtered upon the battle
field, so long as force" prevails
and one country can derive tenn
porary financial advantage from
the ruin of another.
V. Women will be the slaves
and playthings of men so long as
they are dependent upon them
and do not enjoy the fruits of their
own labor.
vi. Labor which supplies all
the needs of man, will be despised
in the eyes of all, so long as the
working-classes toll to fill the
pockets of those who sit still and
idle.
VII. Murderers, thieves, pros
titutes, and all kinds Of criminals,
will not cease so long as poverty
remains to give birth to them.
VIII. Things will get to such a
pass that men will 6guratively de-
your each other alive, unless new
light soon dawns upon humanity,
and workingmen rise as one to
throw off the yoke of capital, and
put on terms of equality those who
now oppress them.
TX. The moral and intellectual
faculties of mankind can achieve
all, the time for reflection has
come, action must soon follow;
after that men will live as band
of brothers, and all civilized ma
tions form one united family.
X. 1t is those who are now de-
spised and robbed, the workers
and consequently the wealth-pro-
|ducing class, who will have to de.
eide how long the present state Of
things shall last.
The Socialist members of the
German parliament have issued
an address to the Socialists of all
countries announcing an interna-
tional conference for the autumn
of this year-place and date not
yet fixed. At this conference ar
rangements will be made for hold.
ing an International Labor Con.
gress next year with the object o1
getting united action among the
workers of all civilized nations TO-
wards effecting international labor
legislation. William Liebknecht
will open up for discussion the at
titude of the Social Democracy
toward the anarchists.
The Seventh National Congress
of the French Labor Party will be
held at Bourgesnext April. Oi
course need not tell you that the
Labor Party is Socialist body
that goes without saying in all
countries but America and En-
gland. Among the subjects fol
discussion are: The position 81
the party with respect to propa'
ganda newspaper, books, etc.
and also to organization and po.
litical action; the electoral tactics
of the party; labor statistics
(wages, employers profits, hours
of work, holidays, etc. J; the work.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-10-15

court VI tHC OuitCu otdtCS. i Will
subscribe Sc.
LasCyey Cvoxtm-I know but lit
tie about the case, but ! think they
are guilty, with the exception of
one or two. They taught danger
Gus truths and went to far. l
have no money to contribute.
Milton Cage think the men
ought to have chance to prove
their innocence. ! don't believe
in hanging men till they are
proved guilty.
Frank Q. Stnayt-l don't think
they had a fair trial. believe the
men we're foully dealt with. am
working for their interests in my
way. The capitalist press is to
blame for this injustice. | think
it will be serious thing for this
country if those men are hanged.
BUSINESS MEN.
w. B. Daniek-I have no money
to give to defend people who use
the incendiary language which
those men used. | pay $4,000
yearly to have such people prose-
euted. 1t is the poor people that
ought to furnish the money to de-
fend them, as it was their interests
they were working for.
Fisher, of Daniels s. Fisher-I
hove no money to give. 1t is none
of my business, and I'm not afraid
of being put down as a bloated
bondholder. Everyone can be
rich in this country if they take
care of their money and don't
drink or smoke, / think they
ought to hang.
APPEL s. Co., Sixteenth and La7-
mey-I know all about the case. |
wouldn't contribute 10 cents to get
their case before the United States
supreme court If you were out
collecting money to buy rope to
hang them, would give $40
toward it.
Christian Baw-I wouldn't give
you one cent if that was sufficient
to get them new trial, even if |
we're worth half million. Hang
ing is too good for them.
{. Wfiuberg, jfaOeler-1 believe
the men ought to have fair trial.
1t is the duty of the people to see
that they get it. Subscribed 50
cents.
NJ. 7. McNamara--It is none of
my business. / think they had a
fair trial. am living in Denver,
not in Chicago.
is. C2ayton-l think their trial
has been too long already. They
ought to hang. will give $40
towards hanging them.
Dysy,nss BroMe,s-We want to
see Justice done to the men. We
will help all we can to see it done.
Subscribed 81.
Louis DoN-I haf to give noting.
All desc rebellious foreigners
ought to be driven oud of dis
country. l thinks hanging vas
goot enough for them. You vas a
rebellious vomans--Pll hat you
put oud of mine store.
alderman M. Bnrke-I don't
think they had fair trial. ! don't
believe in capital punishment, but
| think they ought to be impris-
oned few years. wouldn't like
to have them at large because
they are dangerous to my kind of
people. l can give nothing to the
fund
MCzaiy, gents furnishing goods,
LayImey street, think they ought
to have been hanged without any
trial.
Gleason, clothiey-I am sorry that
| | am not rich enough to see those
men get justice. They were
foully dealt with and their trial
was a disgrace to the country.
Bivks Co,yfvM-I have no
money for such purpose. What
money we have we use on the
ether side,
0. L. Smith, president 1ypoq,aph- h
ieai Union No. 49-I don't think
xLa .~..., LII - f,:r trtal will
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-04-13
THE HAPPY DREAMER.
The Period in Girls Life When Time
Flows On to an Eternity of Bliss.

The Period in Girls Life When Time
Flows On to an Eternity OF Bliss.
Standing on the sunny threshold
where girlhood and womanhood meet,
she sees only the roses and hears
only the music of the new life
she is about to enter. The
arch above its portals is spanned by
rainbow, and beyond stretches shin
ing vista, thronged with the mystical,
sweet, untried, where the hand of Midas
turns the dust of the world into
gold and its shadows into gar
lands. There are no tempests in
that sunlit land. no cloud upon
its skies. Its winds are all winged
angels Of melody, and its poisoning
gardens are watered by perpetual
singing fountains. Love is King and
Beauty is Queen, and in their celestial
court all the graces dance to perfect
measure.
No unshed tears, no voiceless long.
ings, fill the heart almost to bursting,
for every wish is born with its crown
of fulfillment, and the voice of sup
plication is unknown. And yet,
safety entereth not this enchanted
realm, every day brings new and
beautiful surprises; a new flower
bursts into regal bloom, a new gem
comes to the surface, or new song
blossoms into warm and throbbing
life from the heart of some passionate
minstrel.
And SO the days 60 on and are gath
cred into the royal harvests of the
years. and time flows on to the eternity
of bliss.
Dream on. happy dreamer! Wrap
yourself in the roseate robes woven in
the loom of fancy for the novice in the
ways of life; drink the elixir of life
from the cup held to your lips by the
dainty hand of hope, but stand forever
on the threshold. lest if you step with
in. the cup drop from your lips and
your fleecy flower hued robes fall to
ashes of roses!-Harriet Smead, TN Cur
rent.
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Plantation Philosophy.

We Farm ez much frum de 'zample o.
de fool en- we do frum de words O de
wise man.
Use seed men dat didn't hab time ter
eat nor ter sleep, but I neber yit seed
a man dat didn't hab time ter die.
En- man can be such er ole frien' dat
he thinks it his right ter pose on yer;
like er ole family boss what takes up de
idee dat he's got er right ter kick de
chillun.
Hope is like er sassafrass sprout. Yer
mer tramp on it; yer mer cut it down,
III ebcn dig it up by de roots, but de
fust thing yer know er tender shoot dun
come up.
En- pusson will sometimes make de
same mistake twice, but ! amt foun'
de man yit dat cher crow ded one desc
year laung, hungry houn' dogs up in
co'ner O de fence de secon' time
ArkansaW Traveller.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-04-13
BEAUTIFUL EGGS.
Marked with Characters Resembling Thos,
Upon Oriental Wares.

Marked with Characters Resembling Those
Upon Oriental Wares.
Among the largest and most beau
tlful eggs in the world are those of the
great aux of the polar regions. These
eggs are about five inches long and
three in breadth. and very curiously
marked. Upon silvery tinted ground
are characters resembling those upon
Oriental wares Outlined in green,
purple, blue and brown are these quaint
traceries, with occasional interrupting
patches in which various shades are
blended. Sometimes one finds black
lines irregularly crossing each other.
Should an egg of yellowish tint
come to the hunters hand, it
may be called '.red-letter day" in
bis calendar. since such are esteemed
of royal lineage" in auckland regions
AS rare as gold itself. Upon this
faint amber-tinted ground, the wonder
full hieroglyphics stand out in strange.
'y beautiful relief. Forty years ago
only about thirty auks and forty eggs
were recorded belonging to public and
private collections. At one time fifty
dollars were paid for two auks and two
eggs; little later, half that sum for
one eggs; and not very long since we
read that five hundred dollars were
given for one egg. These eggs are
found only in dizzy heights among the
cliffs and crags of the Arctic seas, and
are only obtained with great peril
Baptist Weekly.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-04-13
Mixed Potatoes for Seed.

Where number of varieties of pota-
toes are grown on the same farm it re-
qulres great care to prevent mixing the
seed. One or two potatoes of similar
appearance transferred from one bin to
another will work great mischief. The
miscellaneous or speckled appearance
of a load when composed of several
varieties is greatly against it in mar.
ket Potatoes of different varieties
will not cook evenly. If they are SIM
liar in appearance the evil is worse, as
it is impossible to assert them. Nearly
all the early rose varieties found in
market are mixed with late rose, a
coarse, watery potato Of poor flavor
and inclined to rot. These potatoes do
not get mixed aft-1 planting. The evil
is in the seed, and only careful selec-
ton to get that undoubtedly pure will
cure il. -Indianapolis Sentinel.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-04-13
MODERN TUNNELING.
Methods and Machinery Employed in the
al ailraad TrannelS.

Methods and Machinery Employed In the
Construction of Railroad Tunnels.
Modern tunneling may be classed
under three heads; tunneling through
soft ground OF loose rock, tun-
neling through solid rock without ma
chinery, and tunneling through solid
rock with machinery. Under the head
of soft ground, the miner includes all
material that, if tunneled through, re-
quires temporary timber arch to hold
it in place till the permanent arch Of
brick or stone is built. The first step
in driving a tunnel through such
ground is to open out small bottom
heading, or adit; for the purpose
of draining the ground above
and also getting a passageway
for carrying away the excavated
earth and bringing the materials for
arching, The charging and arching
of a tunnel is generally done in Sec
tons. Some fifteen feet of an advanced
heading are excavated at the top of
the proposed work. Heavy longitude
nal bars of timber are then put in, and
the miners gradually work down, put
ting in temporary arch of timber as
they 60. When this has been done and
foundations have been dug along the
sides, the masons take the place of the
miners, and run up an arch under the
timber, which is withdrawn during the
excavation of the next section, and the
spaces left securely filled in with stone.
In digging large tunnel, shafts or
slopes are often sunk, so that the work
can be attacked from several points
at once. In tunneling through loose
rock much the same plan is followed
as in the work through soft
ground. In driving tunnel through
solid rock an advanced heading is first
driven at bottom or top. Holes are
then drilled in the sides or in front of
this and the rock loosened by the use
of blasting powder. An inside arch
way is then built usually of boards.
Tunneling by machinery is done by the
use of drills driven by compressed air
or water power The rate Of driving
in tunnel work has been greatly in
creased by the use of machinery, but it
is thought that in making short tun-
nels hand-labor is still the more eco
nomical method. Machine drills were
invented about the time that the Mont
Gents tunnel was begun, being in fact
born of the necessity of some more
rapid method of executing that enor-
nous work.-Chacago Inter- Ocean.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-04-13
A PROFITABLE CROP.
How to Make Horse Radish Culture Res
sonably Successful.

How to Make Horse Radish Culture Rea.
sonably Successful.
In order to obtain satisfactory crop
of horse-radish, it is absolutely neces-
sary that it should be grown In a very
deep loamy soil and one that has been
deeply and thoroughly cultivated for a
previous crop. This soil should be Civ
en- liberal dressing of well-decayed
manure, and it should be as deeply and
thoroughly incorporated with the soil
as possible by means of first the pillow,
and then a harrow so as to level it off
as nicely as possible; it should then be
marked off into rows about two feet
apart. In these rows the sets are to be
planted some sixteen inches
apart, which should be done as
early as the ground can be properly
prepared in the spring. The planting
is performed by making a hole from
five to seven inches in depth, with a
long stick or crowbar; into this hole
the set is dropped in such manner
that the top is about two inches under
the surface, at the same time pressing in
enough earth to fill up the hole. AS
soon as the crop is up so that the rows
can be distinguished light hoeing
should be given, after which keep the
crop clean and free from weeds until
the middle of November, when the
crop can be taken up and stored for
winter use. After the crop is dug all
of the small roots should be broken off
and reserved for another seasons
planting. The large or main roots
should be packed in boxes, filled with
sand and stored in cool cellar.
If the ground has been properly pre-
pared the main root should be eight or
ten inches in length and weigh about
half a pound.
The rootlcts should be cut into
pieces, or sets, about four or five inches
in length, the top end being square and
the bottom end slanting so that there
will be no danger of setting the root
upside down in planting. They should
be buried in the ground out-of-doors
until wanted for planting in the spring,
l notice that some persons always in
sist on planting the crowns or tops OF
the main roots instead OF the rootlets or
sets.
! believe this all wrong and would
not advise any one to do this; it not
only destroys the most valuable part of
the root, but the crowns produce a
mass Of rootlets only, and those are
only fit to use as sets for another years
planting.
The entire crop should be dug out in
the fall and on no account should it be
left for another season; if this is done
the main root will become partially
hollow and assume such woody text.
ure as to render it unfit for use.-Chas.
9. ParneN, in Our Country Home.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-04-13
what Burdette Heard in an Asylur

what BurdeCte dearu IN an AsyIum. 4
"What makes the locomotive tender9'
asked Agamemnon, willing to show his
hatred toward all mankind. "Because,''
replied Eudosia, Kit is In soak all the time.
Water makes any thing tender save a
hen" sand what" inquired her instruc-
tor, twill soften the hens" "Early death,''
said the pupil; ''death in the shell from
suffocation." "Has this premature death
ever been known to occur7" continued the
professor, turning to the Poor Boarder.
''Neverr' exclaimed the Poor Boarder,
bursting in tears. "No, indeed" said Aga
mennon, who used to run restaurant
himself, Kit never did"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-04-13
Clever Toli-Taklng Device.

An automatic collection or toll-taking
device, to be attached to telephones at
public or pay stations, has been invented.
The mechanism in the telephone box is SO
arranged that the telephone will not oper-
ate until coin Of certain size and
weight, dropped into slit in the front,
acts upon switch-lever, thereby making
electrical connection between the trans
mitter and the line wire. The act Of hang
ing the neutrality-suspicious., after use, in
the place provided for it, drops the coin
into till and releases the switch-lever,
thereby breaking the electrical connection
and "setting the trap'' Tor the next user.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-04-13
Quaker Testimony.

Mrs. A. M. Dauphin, Philadelphia, has
done great deal to make known to ladies
there the great value of Mrs Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, as cure for their
troubles and diseases. She writes as fol.
lows: IA young lady Of this city while
bathing some years ago was thrown vio-
lently against the life line and the injuries
received resulted in an ovarian tumor
which grew and enlarged until death seemed
certain. Her physician finally advised her
to try Mrs. Pinkham's Compound. She did 50
and in short time the tumor was dissolved
| and she is non in perfect health. also know
of many cases where the medicine has been
OF great value in preventing miscarriage
and allcviating the pains and dangers Of
childbirth. Philadelphia ladies appreciate
the worth of this medicine and its great
value"
Sent by mail In Pill and Lozenge form on
receipt of price, 81. Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn,
Mass. Also in liquid form, all at Druggists.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-04-13
An Absent.,IIndedl Bachelor.

An old bachelor noted for his absent.
mindedness was lately welded at Athens,
Ga. In the marriage ceremony, when it
became his duty to place the ring on the
fair maids finger, he drew a silver quar-
ter from his pocket and handed it to the
bride, to the CONSERVATION and confusion
Of all parties. After he had embarked on
train for the wedding tour and the con-
ductor cause around for tickets he dis
covered that he had bought only one tick
ct, forgetting that he had doubled his ex-
penses and responsibilities that day.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-04-13
submarine volcanic Crater.

Recent observations are said to indicate
the existence of submarine volcanic
crater between the Canary Islands and
the coast of Portugal From cable-lay-
ing steamer in latitude 20 deg Is min.
north, longitude 9 deg. 81 min. west, the
water was found to measure 800 fathoms
under the tow, showing the ship to be
over the edge Of deep depression in the
ocean bottom. It is well known that great
inequalities are found in the bed of the
Sea of Lisbon, and are thought to be due
to submarine chain Of mountains.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-04-13
Big Railway Salaries.

President Roberts Of the Pennsylvania
system, SIS, 900 year; President Harris
Of the Northern Pacific, $4,000; President
Adams of the Union Pacific, 10000; Presi-
dent Strong of the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe, $4,000; the presidents of the
Chicago 6, Northwestern, Chicago, Bur-
lington & Quincy, and Chicago. Milwaukee
& st. Paul, $4,000 each.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-04-13

DECEMBER 1880, wrote O. L. Hathaway,
Fall River, Mass, "was greatly afflicted
with rheumatism; tried St Jacobs Oil; all
pain left me-" October 10, 1886, he writes
Shave not been troubled with rheumatism
since"
James McEllen, Port Huron, Mich,
writes: "Had severe pains in side. After
taking Red Star Cough Cure the pains
ceased entirely" Price twenty-five cents.
At Druggists.
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is he young man of brains9" in
CURED an old gentleman, respecting a
swell youth. We'll, really" replied
his daughter, II have had no oppor-
tunity of judging. l never met him
anywhere except in society"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-04-13

The statue of Napoleon which sur.
mounted the Column Vondome stood
at an altitude of $50 feet. In its time
It was one of the examples of high
Parisian art,